News from FPJ – Page 447
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ArticleFresca hires Finlays' finance director
Brett Sumner replaces Mike Musk, who has retired after 14 years with the Fresca Group business
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ArticleMeet the Code Compliance Officers
Who can you go to with queries about supplier retail relations? Nina Pullman meets those in charge of GSCoP compliance at the major supermarkets
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ArticleSweet dreams of sweet onions
More than two decades of meticulous toil has resulted in the unique UK-grown red sweet onion. Martyn Fisher reports on the product that recently won the UK Fruit and Vegetable Awards’ innovation prize
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ArticleTesco ends 24-hour shopping service at 70 stores
Overnight tasks such as refilling shelves will continue in the stores, so Tesco says the impact on employees will be 'minimal'
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ArticleA fresh perspective from the A-list
Is celebrity culture leading the trends for tomorrow’s fresh produce fashion? Liz Parry investigates
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ArticlePotatoes 'need thicker skin'
Pressure from other carbs and retailers consolidating their supply bases are making life tough in potatoes, but work is ongoing to boost the category’s resilience
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ArticlePast 30 years in Europe 'warmest in last 2,100 years'
The study used tree ring records and historical documents to reconstruct yearly temperatures going back more than two millennia
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ArticleSmoothie-friendly fruit and veg sales soar at Waitrose
Coincides with the launch of the retailer's Power of 5 promotion, which lets customers save 25 per cent when they buy five fruit or veg products
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ArticleM&S launches FLIA nominee in stores
Genuine Coconut is claimed to be the first drinking coconut on the high street and features an exclusive ring pull opening
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ArticleSoft-fruit prices spike after lull in Spanish supply
A gap between the first and second harvest of Spanish soft fruit saw raspberry and strawberry wholesale prices jump
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ArticleCaretaker accused of stealing pupils' fruit
Thomas Byrne, 55, is alleged to have taken items that were to have been given to disadvantaged children in a north Dublin primary school
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ArticleOver 55s 'buy more fresh produce' than 18-34 age group
Those in the latter bracket and empty nesters are more likely to be buying ready meals and pasta, new research claims
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ArticleTotal Produce launches new social media app
Total Talk ‘combines the best features of the most popular social media’ and will be trialled at Fruit Logistica next week
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ArticlePoppy Appeal potato boxes raise £14,000
Nationwide Produce and Three Musketeers have smashed targets to raise money for the Poppy Appeal
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ArticleNew innovative DIY fruit and veg juicing packs at Asda
Gilfresh's ‘Pure Press Juicing Packs’ are the first of their kind in Northern Ireland, with estimated sales of 30,000 products in the first year
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ArticleTesco ‘intentionally delayed’ supplier payments, GCA rules
Retailer found to have prioritised its own finances over supplier relations under major new report by Groceries Code Adjudicator
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ArticleNew London restaurant uses only wonky veg
Tiny Leaf is using only misshapen out-of-date fruit and veg donated by organic retailers
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ArticleDave Lewis to chair new global food waste campaign
Leading CEOs and ministers from around the world have become ‘champions’ of new partnership on food waste
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ArticleBritish sea kale lands at Waitrose stores
The supermarket has spent three years trying to perfect the crop, which is described as having an asparagus and celery-like flavour
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ArticleNew shareholders for Bakkavor Group
Investment firm Baupost Group has bought 89 per cent of shares in Bakkavor in a deal worth £163 million